NEW YORK

INAUGURAL ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE ARRIVE

The first two participants of Artadia's inaugural Artist Residency program arrived in New York in early July. Santiago Cucullu (Artadia Awardee 2003 Houston) and Angelina Gualdoni (Artadia Awardee 2001 Chicago) will work for three months at Artadia’s partner organization, the International Studio and Curatorial Program in Brooklyn through September 30, 2009.

The artists were selected by three internationally prominent jurors—Adam Weinberg (Director of The Whitney Museum of American Art); Jean Shin (artist), and Kristine Siegel (Program Director of the International Studio & Curatorial Program) following an in-depth review of 45 applications last winter. Josh Greene (Artadia Awardee 2002 San Francisco) and Mary Ellen Strom (Artadia Awardee 2007 Boston) will be in residence at the ISCP this fall, October 1 – December 31.

Please write to us at info@artadia.org if you would like to set up a studio visit with the artists-in-residence.

For additional information about the artists-in-residence and the full press release please click here.

Generous support for this program has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Artadia’s board of directors and supporters around the country.

HOUSTON

$TIMULUS" EXHIBITION AT DIVERSEWORKS CLOSES AUGUST 15

Showcasing some of the hottest talent in Houston’s vibrant contemporary art community, Artadia has once again joined forces with DiverseWorks to present “$TIMULUS,” on view through August 15, 2009 in the DiverseWorks Main Gallery. The featured Artadia Awardees 2008 Houston, who were selected following an open application call to all visual artists living and working in Harris County, include artists working in video, painting, sculpture, site-specific installation, photography, and collage, and represent the range and depth of Houston’s creative force. Artists in "$TIMULUS" are Mequitta Ahuja, Dawolu Jabari Anderson, Katy Heinlein, Lauren Kelley, El Franco Lee II, Lynne McCabe, Delilah Montoya, Katrina Moorhead, Floyd Newsum, and Stephanie Toppin.

For more information please visit the DiverseWorks website here.

Read the Houston Chronicle review of the exhibtion here.

The Artadia Houston program is supported by the Houston Endowment, Inc. and numerous generous individuals.

SAN FRANCISCO

APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2009 AWARDS

Artadia is now accepting applications for the Artadia Awards 2009 San Francisco from all visual artists living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. Individual artists and collaboratives working in all media and at any point in their career are strongly encouraged to apply. Awardees will be selected in the fall of 2009 through Artadia’s two-tiered jury process.

All applications must be submitted online by October 15, 2009 at 11:59pm (PST).

For eligibility requirements and to access the web-based application, please visit www.artadia.org

Visionary support for Artadia in San Franicsco is provided by The San Francisco Foundation and many generous individuals.

VENICE BIENNALE REPORT

This summer a number of Artadia's friends visited the Venice Biennale. We asked a few of them to send us their top picks which we are delighted to share with you.


Larry and Marilyn Fields
Collectors and Artadia Board Members, Chicago

Robert Rauschenberg at the Guggenheim
Bruce Nauman at the Giardini
Pinault's Custom House museum opening
Elmgreen and Dragset at the Giardini
Simon Starling at the Italian Pavilion
Michelangelo Pistoletto at the Arsenale

Clara Kim
Gallery Director and Curator, REDCAT, Los Angeles
Artadia Juror 2009 Atlanta

In-finitum exhibiton at Palazzo Fortuny
Fiona Tan in Dutch Pavilion
Roman Ondak in Czech Pavilion
Haegue Yang in Korean Pavilion
El Mascaron restaurant
Palestine Pavilion opening
Pistoletto mirror room in Arsenale
Gutai room in Italian Pavilion
Moshekwa Langa in Arsenale
Chu Yun in Arsenale

William Stover
Assistant Curator, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Artadia Juror 2006 Chicago

John Wesley
Gonkar Gayatso in “Making Worlds”
Brion tombs by Carlo Scarpa
Polish Pavilion by Krzysztof Wodiczko
Nathalie Djurberg in “Making Worlds”
The “selling” of the Danish/Nordic Pavilion
Lygia Pape installation at the Arsenale
Slovak Pavilion by Roman Ondak
Peter Greenaway at San Giorgio Maggiore
... and, of course, Bruce Nauman.

Mary Ellen Strom
Artadia Awardee 2007 Boston

Paolo Tamburella at the Union of the Comoros Pavilion

Christopher E. Vroom
Collector and Artadia Founder and Board President

Danish Pavilion, curated by Elmgreen & Dragset
Nathalie Djurberg / Giardini
Peter Greenaway at San Giorgio
William Forsythe at Arsenale Gardens
Fiona Tan / Dutch Pavilion
Spencer Finch / Giardini
Paul Chan / Arsenale
Lara Favaretto
Michelangelo Pistoletto
Teresa Margolies / Mexican Pavilion

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About Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue

Artadia’s mission is to encourage innovative practice and meaningful dialogue across the United States by providing visual artists in specific communities with unrestricted awards and a national network of support. Artadia was founded as The ArtCouncil in 1997 by investment banker and art collector Christopher E. Vroom as a response to the demise of the National Endowment for the Arts’ artist fellowships. The first awards were given in San Francisco, where Vroom was living at the time. Chicago was added as a program city in 2001. In 2003, Artadia added Houston to its roster, Boston in 2007, and Atlanta this year. Once Artadia commits to a community, it returns every other year to run its awards programs and, on the off years, it co-sponsors a public program with a local institution. Started as an individual’s philanthropy, Artadia is now active throughout the United States supporting the core of creative culture: the individual artist.

Artadia Awards are determined through a rigorous jury process that employs nationally prominent curators, artists, and critics. Artadia partners with local foundations and individuals in the host cities to raise funds that go directly to artists in that community. Artadia matches those contributions by providing the funds that administer the program. Once an artist receives an Artadia Award, he or she becomes part of a national network of support forever. Since its founding, Artadia has awarded over $2 million to more than 200 artists in its participating cities Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco.

This year Artadia launched a New York Artist Residency program, which brings Artadia Awardees from each of its program cities to New York for a three-month residency at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP). This groundbreaking addition to Artadia’s commitment to individual artists is the first of its kind in New York City for US-based visual artists and is supported by the National Endowment for Arts.

Artadia also present events in New York and Miami, which are intended to not only demonstrate the tremendous creativity in partner communities, but also facilitate exchange and dialogue nationwide.

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